Visfatin Serum Levels Predict Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Table 3

Correlations with visfatin (log) serum concentrations at ICU admission (Spearman rank correlation test, only significant results are shown).

Parameters	ICU patients
	Disease severity
APACHE II score	0.305	<0.001
SOFA score	0.494	<0.001
SAPS2 score	0.406	<0.001
Inflammation
C-reactive protein	0.256	<0.001
Procalcitonin	0.379	<0.001
suPAR	0.418	<0.001
White blood cell count	0.131	0.048
Interleukin-6	0.291	<0.001
TNF	0.331	0.003
Interleukin-10	0.423	<0.001
Renal function
Creatinine	0.421	<0.001
GFR (creatinine)	−0.427	<0.001
Cystatin C	0.383	<0.001
GFR (cystatin C)	−0.372	<0.001
Urea	0.377	<0.001
Uric acid	0.231	<0.001
Liver function
Protein	−0.352	<0.001
Albumin	−0.365	<0.001
Pseudocholinesterase	−0.316	<0.001
Bilirubin	0.167	0.012
Bilirubin (conjugated)	0.212	0.009
Alkaline phosphatase	0.218	0.001
AST	0.196	0.004
INR	0.315	<0.001
Prothrombin time	−0.336	<0.001
aPTT	0.283	<0.001
D-dimers	0.380	<0.001
Antithrombin III	−0.456	<0.001
Fibrinogen	−0.385	<0.001
Metabolism
Leptin	−0.340	0.001
Leptin receptor	0.318	0.002
Adiponectin	0.235	0.02
Resistin	0.313	0.002

APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; aPTT: activated prothrombin time; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; INR: international normalized ratio; SAPS: simplified acute physiology score; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment; suPAR: soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.